I have a virus called android
needed a phone in a screaming hurry. Went to phone store, asked for the cheapest phone that they had. Got a coolpad (whatever the fuck that is) every 3rd web page pops a you have a virus! Click ok to fix! never had that issue with my $MS phone. Same web pages. Do the rest of you have that issue? "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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Dunno what kind of sites you're going to, but I have a guess.
-- Drew |
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drudge news.yahoo.com news.google.com and downstream links usually known news sites
during the day it happens the most and then I am riding a government wifi so am very careful of what I open "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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:-(
Did you buy a model-year 2014 phone? http://me.ign.com/en/virus-14288181/99452/news/coolpad-android-phones-infected-with-malicious-backdoor :-( Some info on removing Cool Reaper and such-like: https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/172556/can-an-android-malware-persist-even-after-uninstalling-it Good luck! ETA: Let me know if you want my old (but still perfectly fine) LG V10. It's just sitting on the shelf. Cheers, Scott. |
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different coolpad model, thanks for the offer. I may just tape up the case on my $MS and switch back
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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Most likely still there
This thing was no accident. One of the research papers linked to from that SE post shows Coolpad is the source of the backdoor and that they were still actively developing it in 2014. https://www.scmagazineuk.com/hidden-backdoor-in-up-to-10m-android-phones/article/540936/ This one adds that you can uninstall CoolReaper with root privileges, so root and a vanilla ROM image should prevent it from returning via an OTA update. |
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thanks, will patch my old nokia
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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A four year old android phone
Is, if you're running its stock ROM, a fucking liability in 2018. Root it and install a different ROM (if you can), or fuck it right into the bin. You'd have been better off with a drug-dealer flip phone, tbh. |
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It's a new phone 2017 model
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |
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In which case
It's still shit, so fuck it into the bin anyway and get something else. |
I have a virus called android
- (boxley)
- (9)
- March 24, 2018, 06:47:59 PM EDT
Dunno what kind of sites you're going to, but I have a guess.
-NT
- (drook)
- (1)
- March 24, 2018, 08:28:31 PM EDT
drudge news.yahoo.com news.google.com and downstream links usually known news sites
- (boxley)
- March 24, 2018, 08:48:43 PM EDT
:-(
- (Another Scott)
- (3)
- March 24, 2018, 09:54:45 PM EDT
different coolpad model, thanks for the offer. I may just tape up the case on my $MS and switch back
-NT
- (boxley)
- (2)
- March 24, 2018, 10:23:35 PM EDT
Most likely still there
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- March 25, 2018, 10:10:52 AM EDT
thanks, will patch my old nokia
-NT
- (boxley)
- March 25, 2018, 05:10:49 PM EDT
A four year old android phone
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- March 26, 2018, 02:25:46 AM EDT
It's a new phone 2017 model
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- March 26, 2018, 10:07:47 AM EDT
In which case
- (pwhysall)
- March 27, 2018, 06:36:16 AM EDT
